MANADO, Indonesia — A hearth at an Indonesian retirement house killed 16 residents on Sunday night, police mentioned.
The fireplace within the single-story home in Manado in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi Province began whereas the residents had been asleep, police mentioned Monday.
A number of folks residing close to the nursing house noticed smoke billowing round 8 p.m. Neighbors reportedly helped rescue a number of occupants.
“The crew on the bottom has confirmed that the demise toll at present is 16,” North Sulawesi police spokesperson Alamsyah Hasibuan mentioned. “Fifteen of them had been burned to demise, whereas one sufferer’s physique stays intact.”
Firefighters with six vans wanted greater than two hours to extinguish the blaze after close by residents reported the fireplace to emergency providers, officers mentioned.
There have been 15 survivors who had been handled at native hospitals in Manado Metropolis, Hasibuan mentioned.
The our bodies of victims had been taken to the police hospital in Manado for identification with the help of households, officers mentioned.
Tv studies Sunday confirmed vibrant flames casting an orange glow and filling the evening air with smoke. Physique luggage had been lined up outdoors the retirement house.
An preliminary police report mentioned {an electrical} fault prompted the fireplace however officers later mentioned the trigger was nonetheless underneath investigation.
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Tarigan reported from Jakarta, Indonesia.
